Return To England
Stevens returned to England around 1895 and married Frances Vanbrugh, widowed mother of the actresses Irene and Violet Vanbrugh. He became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London. He died in London of cancer of the bladder and is buried at St Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley, London.
His publications also include:
- Wild Pea-Fowls in British India, St. Nicholas Magazine September 1888
- Some Asiatic Dogs, St. Nicholas Magazine February 1890
- Through Russia on a Mustang, Cassell Publishing Company, New York, 1891
Read more about this topic: Thomas Stevens (cyclist)
Famous quotes containing the words return to, return and/or england:
“Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)
“Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)
“Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes;
Antiquity and birth are needless here;
‘Tis impudence and money makes a peer.”
—Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)